POEMS
1999
THE
RESOLUTION OF THE BATTLE OF THE FALL
An uncontested
Lastingness resolves the contest of falling
leaves and you. (11 December 1999)
EVEN
IN THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF NATURE
To say is not to be; but
as nature dies, saying becomes its surrogate. (17
September 1999)
A SUMMER'S ENACTMENT
The Skippack's haze and the person interpenetrate
on a hot afternoon. (4 July 1999)
WAITING FOR
SOMEONE'S SURGERY Light
as pure information raises hope for a pure
incision. (19 June 1999)
A
FECUND SKY DEBUNKED
A cosmic metaphor, though
catching to the eye, shrivels when real loss
appears. (15 May 1999)
LOVE
LIVES IN THE BREATH OF WATERS
where the Perkiomen Creek
and the Schuylkill River meet. (25 April 1999)
THE
QUIETIST'S DREAM OF POWER The
structures of the State are vulnerable to strange
striations. (18 April 1999)
THE POLITICS
OF MERELY BEING
The arrival of spring in
Lower Frederick Township wants to say something
about the events of spring in Kosovo. (9 April
1999)
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March 1999; last modified 2 February 2003
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2003 Richard P.
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